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Definition of Jemadar
1. Noun. A former rank in the British Indian Army, the lowest rank for a viceroy's commissioned officer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jemadar
1. an officer in the army of India [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jemadar
Literary usage of Jemadar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"persuade the jemadar to offer proposals for an accommodation to general Mathews,
and to make me the instrument of his negotiation. ..."
2. Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenáná, Or, Six Years in India by [Helen (Douglas)] Mackenzie, Mrs Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"CHAPTER V. The Brevet—Malversation of Honours—jemadar of Ayahs—Soldier of Chattar
Sing—Mist—Precipice—Simla Children—Ride to ..."
3. The Chitral Campaign: A Narrative of Events in Chitral, Swat and Bajour by Harry Craufuird Thomson (1895)
"jemadar Lai Khan, one of the Bengal Sappers and Miners, was sent to speak to him.
He said he was Ghulam Said, a jemadar of Umra Khan, and that he had ..."
4. The East Indian Gazetteer: Containing Particular Descriptions of the Empires by Walter Hamilton (1828)
"... the jemadar, had died suddenly, so that the place was left exposed to all the
contentions of a disorganized government. It became, consequently ..."
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